Christopher Kuner, Safe Harbor before the EU Court of Justice

Christopher Kuner, Safe Harbor before the EU Court of Justice, cjicl. blog, 13.04.2015

On 24 March 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) held an oral hearing in the case Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner (Case C-362/14), which deals with the legality of data transfers to the US under the EU-US Safe Harbor system. While the case has attracted considerable public attention, there has been little discussion of whether it would actually improve data protection in practice, and of its implications for the “adequacy” standard for international data transfers under the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46.

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